Can-filling machine



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M. JENSEN.

GAN FILLING MACHINE. No. 281,767. Patented July 24, 1883.

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M. JENSEN.

CAN FILLING MACHINE.

N o. 281.767. v Patented July 24, 1883.

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GAN FILLING MACHINE.

Patented July 24, 1883.

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M. JENSEN. GAN FILLING MACHINE.

No. 281,767. Patented July 24, 1883.

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GAN FILLING MACHINE.

Patented July 24, 1883.

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Nrrnn STATES M ATHIAS JENSEN, OF ASTORIA, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF SEVENTEEN TWENTY- SIXTHS T0 ANDREW T. BRAKKE AND MARSHAL J. KINNEV, QF SAME PLACE, AND SYLVESTER FARRELIJ. 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

CAN-FULLING ACHl-N E.

SPECIFICATXON formingv part of Letters Patent-No. 281,767, dated July 24, 1883.

' l Application filed prll I7, 188,3. (No model.)

To all .whom it may concern: e

Be Iit known that I, MATH'IAs "JENSEN, of Astoria, county of Clatsop, State of Oregon, have inventedan Improved Can-Filling Machine; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, My invention relatos to an improved machine for filling cans with fish -preparatory to sealing the same; and'it consists in a'meansfor auto- Io matieally supplying the fish and shaping't to enter the can, and a means for supplying the cans and adjusting them to the filling spout or nozzle, eompressingthe -sh into them, and finally removing them, ready'tobe capped, 'and in certain details of mechanism and construe tion, all of which will be'more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which*- A i VFigure A1, Sheetl, is a perspective view of 2o my apparatus. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a side ele- `vation with outer supporting-stand left off and section across main shaft, sho'wingalso end of rotary can-'supplying device'. Fig. 3, Sheet 3,

is alongitudnal: section. Fig. 4, Sheet 4,- is

an end elevation. Fig. 5, Sheet 4,:is a'bottom view of the apparatus. Fig. 6,.Sheet 5, is a transverse section through zr, Fig.'3. Fig.

7 is a view of the device for removing the can from filling-tube.

a is a frame upon which the various mech- H is a chute into which the fish in suitable pieces is placed, and is moved forward into the'hopper H. ,The front of this hopper is '35 curved.' as shown, and in the rear is" hinged or pivoted a back, E, having a curved semicircuj cular face, which is eausedto rotate up and down in the rear of the hopper-by a cam, N, acting upna leverarm, O, which is connected 4o with the rotating block E, above its center of oscillation, by a connecting-rod, d. The vertically-oscillating back E is hollow or open from behind, and an arm, D, extends forward from a rocker-arm, V, and enters the open rear portion of E. f Long pointed forks f project from the front of this arm D, passing through a roller, g, which is journaled withinthe part E and serves as a guide for'the forks. This roller just projects throughthe curved face of E, so that these-forks maybe projected through it into the mass of fish within the hopper whenvthe part E has reached its highest point in rotating upward. The arm D and the forks f are thrown forward by the lever'V, which is connected with the knife-carrying slide L by a rod, h, and this slide is recipro-` cated by a cam, J, acting upon a lever-arm,

jecting forks downward while they/remain within .the hopper, so that they will force the fish which is beneath them into the measuring device or former below the hopper.

The roller g, turning upon its axis as the part E oscillates up and down, adjusts itself to the relative position of the arm D and the forks f, which pass through it when they are at their highest or lowest positions.

As the ainount of fish carried down by the forks or spikes maybe more than thereceiver wllleontain, it is necessary to provide a relief mechanism to prevent breakage of the parts. To do this one angle of the lever 0 carries a roller which traverses the eaingroove N, by which th'e oscillations of E are produced, and the other lower angle is pivoted to the horizontal arm P, which has-.a weight, P', suspended from one end, while the other end is pivoted to the frame.A The pin or bolt by which the lever O is attached to the lever VP thusl forms the fulcrum about which the upper partof the lever() moves to elevate and' depress the part E and the forks. After these forks have forced the sh down as farv as it will go,.a Vcontinuation of the movement will cause the forks to act as a fulcrum, vand the action of the cam N upon the angular lever O will cause' it to 'lift the lever P and its weight, so as to relieve the parts from strain. As this relief depends upon the lifting of aweight, in-

changed and the oscillation of the part Ei stead of its gravtating downward, thel niachine may be run at a much higher rate of speed than in the lat-ter case.

The connecting-rod between the lever O and the lpart E, is Screw-threaded and provided with set-huts d', b v which its length is varied either up or down.

Between the bottom of the hopper H and the measuring chamber or former arethe horizontally-moving knives j and k, by which an amount suflicient to iill a can is cut off after l each depression of the forks in the hopper. The knife] is bolted or otherwise attached to the slide L, which, as before described, is caused to reciprocate by the lever K and the cam J, and moves in from the froutor side nea-rest the cani. The cani J and the other actuating-cains, hereinafter described, are mounted upon the inain driving-shaft J2. Theo'ther knife, k, is secured to the top of the movable rear wall, C, of the measuring-chamber, and is advanced with it from t-he rear,-soas to pass beneath the cutter j. The edges of the cutters j and k are inclined, and the edges of both cut-4 ters are beveled toward each other, so that when they pass they cut iike a pair of shears, and make a straight clean cut. Being straight blades, the knives are easily kept in order.

.The measuring chamber or former, into which the fish is received from the hopper, is designed to give as nearly as possible an' equal amount of iish for each can. Its bottom is a permanent plate. reciprocating knives j and 7c, as before' described. The front is stationary and made concave, with a curve similar to the shape of the can. The rear wall is formed by the moving-block C, to the top of which theknife k is described as being secured. rlhe interior face of this block is also concave, so that when the fish has been compressed into the measuringchamber it will' be in shape to be forced into the cans. rihis block C has plates c extending outV to the rear from its lower part, and these plates slide up'cn guides c, formed with or secured to the frame. From lugs beneath the block or plates a rod, Z, extends forward, and is connected with one arm of a lever, S, another arm of which enters the cam-groove R and is moved by it, while the third 'arm is pivoted or journaled to the frame to act as a i'ulcrum. The position of the block C is adjusted to compress Ithe fish in the chznnber more or less by nuts on, which screw upon the screw-threaded eiid of the rod Z, and this rod passes through a piu which turns in the end of the lever S, as shown. The forward movement of the block C takes place after the forks j' have carried the fish down into the measur ing-chamber, and it thus compresses. it and forces upward .all surplus, which is-then cut ott by the advance of the knife j. .Simultaneously with the advance of the arm D and the vforks f, and-before they begin to move downward, a gate, 91 is moved across the open The top is formed by the` end of the measuring-chamber nearest the discharge-spout by a lever, M, which' is connected with the lever V, so as yto be actuated by that lever and its mechanism. The opposite end of the chamber is filled by the end of the reciprocatingplunger B, so that when the fish iswithin the chamber andthe knives have cut it Off it is compressed into the proper form to be introduced into the can by the plunger B,-and the charges will be as nearly as possible equal. This plunger B is caused to reciprocate .bythe cam T acting upon the lever U, from which a pin or roller projects into the cam-slot. The inner end of this lever is pivoted to the frame to form a fulcrum, and the outer end is connected with the plunger by adjustable conn ecting-rods, as will be described hereinafter. From the end of the measuringchamber opposite the plunger B a spout, A, projects. This spout has its outer open end beveled oft' at an angle, so that the cans (which are often dented or bruised by handling) will be easily pressed` upon the spout. The topof the spout is slightly flattened, so that the air Within the can may escape as the fish is forced int-o it through the spout from the measuringchamber, the upper elongated point of the spout .extending nearly or quite tothe bottom ot' the 'can when the latter hasbeen slipped upon the spout.

'The cans YV are placed in an inclined'chute, I, with their open ends toward the side nearest Ithe spout A. From the lower end of the chu-teV I a curvedpart, I', extends down to a horizontally-reciprocating plate, G, upon which the cans are received successively, and by which,

they are placed upon the spout A and-removedtherefroni. Above this plate G is a rot-ary feeder, F, by Whiehthe' cans are received from the chute I and carried over the concave portionl'. to the plate G. This feeder or carrier hasfour arms, with circularly-shaped spaces between them of a size .to just Aallow a:can to roll 'into each 4 one as it arrives opposite the ,lower edge of the chute (shown in Fig'. 1,) and the can is thus carried by the carrier down the concave portion 1 to the plate G, where the carrier remains stationary until thecar has been pressed upon the spout Akilled with fish, and removed, ready tobe rolled out- Aand down the discharge-spout l2. The carrier resembles a cylinder of considerable thickness, havingfour semi-cylindrical openings bored out around its4 periphery, somewhat larger than the diameter' of a can, and it is supported upon a shaft journaled inthe frame ofthe inachine. Each ofthe arms has a pin, o, projecting horizontally1 from cach side near their outer ends. Arms p pare supported upon pivots, so that they extend forward and rest upon the pins o, one upon each side of the carrier, as shown. rlfhe arm 1J hasa notch upon its lower edge, which acts as a stop to prevent the carrier being rotated backward, the arm being held down by a spring. The arm p has its rear end pivoted to arocking arm or lever, Q,

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which is caused to oseillate by a connectinglength that it moves the carrier one-fourth of` la revolution each time, or as much as will present one space to receive a can from the chute spoutA with certainty.

at each stroke.

' The plate or slide G, upon which the can is received from the carrier, is moved to and frobeneath .the spout A by a lever, 1', which is connected with itby a connecting-rod, and with the slidesof the block C by another rod, so

that it is moved simultaneously with this block.

At the outer end of this plate G is a if'ertie'al standard, s", which lpresses against the bottom of the'can and forces it uponthe Ispout Awhen the plate G is advanced. Upon the opposite ,endi of the plate is ari-ng-shaped standard, s,'

which has .its central aperture of suicient size toallow it to slip over the spout A, and this device serves to withdraw the can from the spout after it is lled. VA 'attened bar, t, rests upon the bottom of the plate (i, and its lopposite end is connected with a crank or rockerarm, u, which is operated from t'hesaine shaft with the lever V vandpushes the bar t forward beneath the can just as it is deposited upon the plate `bythe carrier. .This movement lifts the can so 'that it will be guided upon the The plunger B, by' which 'the fish isV forced out of ...the Ime,asuring-'chamber into the pan,

has a rod, 'al-extending from its outer end through a guide, and a screw, u; which is ad- 1 justable in this guide-plate, limits and adjusts the'outward movement of the plunger. The

`rod 'v is connected with anl arm,.-, which projects from the end of the'lever. U, by a link, y, and the arm is made to lengthen or shorten upon lthe l'ever'U, so' asto increaseor 'diminish the throw of the plunger B. The lever U .is actuated by the cam T, as -before stated. This, with theset-screw gw, adjusts the length of the measure and the length df the-stroke of the plungerl Aft-er the fish has been forced into the can by the plunger B the: can begins to niov'e off from the lspout A at a rate of .speed not quite equal to the forward movement o'f the plunger B, which still continues to follow it, and thus completes the operation cipress-A .ingt-he iish into the can at a reduced speed,

which enables any air still remaining within the can to escapo before the plunger is finally withdrawn andi-he can discharged.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure. by Letters fatent, is;-

1. The reeeivingdioppcr H, with the semi.- cyli ndrieal rotary back lj), in' combination with the forks f, attached to au arm inthe rear, so as 'to be projected forward into the contents of the hopper, anda mechanism by which the part E may be moved downward while the forks are projected through it, substantiallyas herein described.

2. The hopper H, with its semi-cylindrical back E, mounted upon a shaft, as shown, and

forks f, vin combination with the cam N, lever cam J and lever K, with the intervening connecting devices, scribed.

4. The rotary back E of the hopper, and the forks f,with a mechanism for projecting them forward into the hopper and withdrawing them from it., -in combination with the roller y, through which the forks pass and by which they are guided, substantially as herein described. A

5. The rotarybac'k E of the hopper ll', with the reciprocating forks f,- and the cam N and lever O, by which the part E is caused to oscillate, in combination with lever l), towhieh the lever O is fulcrumed, and the suspended weight P', substantially as hcrein described.

y 6. rlhe rotary back E of the hopper H, with the cam N, rock-'shaftl or lever O, and forks j', in combination with the connectingrod d,with the screw and adjustingsnuts d', or equivalent extension device, substantially as herein described. I

7.1'The hopper H, with its rotary oscillating` back E, and the forks j', operating as shown, in combination with a measu ri 11g-chamber below the hopper, and the horizontally-moving knives j and k, to'sever the material and form a top to'the chamber, substantially as herein described. f

8. The hopper-H, with a means for Vforcing substantially as herein dethe material into a measuring-chamber below,

the knives j lr, as shown, in combination with the moving wall C and end-gate n, Vand the cam 1i, lever S., and the connectingrod l, sulV stautially as herein described.

101' The moving wall C'of the measuringJ chamber, fluitend-gate fn,4 the cam l{.,'and` the lever S, in combination with the connecting rod Z, having screw-threads upon its end, and the adiusting-nuts m, substantially as herein described.

11. The'hopper H', with its movable forks or forcing devices, the measuring-chamber with its movable wall C, and the knives j 1., in combination with theslidiug endgatc n and IOO its operating-lever substantially :in herein' tension y, and the comA T,'substontiolly as hcl-ein described.

ll, The plunger B ond` the com T, with the cxtension-le\'er U y and connecting-link a", :is shown, in combination with the :rdjustingf Screw 1v, by which the outward movement of the plunger is limited or regulated, subst-ontin-Hy as herein described.

The hopper H, with the measuringchzunh'er, below, and thc plunger B, in combinntion with the spout A, to receive 'thc'cons, sind spout having iti` end inclined or beveled, substantially :is liereindescribed.

1,6. The spout A, upon which the cons :tre placed to bc iill'efl, said spout having its end inclined and the top or'longest Side flattened to l'orin en. :ti 1*-1iossoge, substantially as herein described.

17; The spout A, rejecting from the mensuring-chomber to receive the cons to be filleul, i

in combina-tion with the plate or slide G, upon whichthe mns ore supported, anni o niechznr issn hy which the plete is move-fl lieneoh `the spout or retracted from it, substantie ly neherein described.

l. 'lhe plete or slide G, with o mechanism hy which it is naovcl toward the Spent A anal #comme retracted therefrom, in combnationwitnthe arm or bar t and the rocker-arm u, by which it is caused to move beneath and reise thefcan to guide it upon the spout A, substantially ce herein described.

19. The reciprocating plete G, with .the standard e at its outer end and the annular standard sot the inner end, so formed es to slide upon the spout A in advance of the con and reinove it when the slide is retracted, sub' stnntially as herein described.

20. The inclined chute l, with the concave curved portion l', and the reciprocating slide or plate G, in combination with the "rotary feeder or carrier F, jurnoled ebove the plete G, and having ope@- spaces to receive the cans and carry them from the chute to the plete, end thence tothe discharge,3 substantially as herein describe.

21,. The rotary carrier or feerlerl, jonrnolei above the plete G, and. having the pins o projecting from its ends, in combination with the notched stationary and reciprocating :mns pp', Substantially as and for the purpose herein lleseribed.Y

22. The rotary corrier or lfeerleri lli", jonrnoled above the plate G and having the pins o pro iecting from its ends, in combination with the stationary notched 2r-rin p end-the erin 1 with the lever K, com J, rocker-erm Q, and con'- necting -rod q, substantially as herein lcscr-hed. 1 A

ln Witness Where-oi' l hereunto setniy hond.

Witneeses (l. lV. FULTON. .l2 AL' lFci/ioff 

